Car journal-box.



T. J. BUNCH.

GAR JOURNAL BOX.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

. f a w w THOMAS J'. BUNCH, OF HUGO, VIRGINIA.

CAR JOURNAL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Application filed December 21, 1911. Serial No. 667,191. 1

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. BUNCH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hugo, in the county ofSouthampton and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car J ournal- Boxes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. i

This invention relates to car axle boxes and has for an object toprovide improved means for maintaining a brass therein.

With this end in view'the invention comprises certain detailshereinafter more'fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved box, apart of its top being broken away to show the interior construction.Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the box on the line 2-2 of Fig.1.

The improved box which forms the subject matter of this application issubstantially in the usual and ordinary form, as indicated at 10, havingan open front cut off oblique as indicated at Fig. 1 and closed by aclosure 11 hinged thereto as at 12. At its end opposite the pivot theclosure 11 is provided with a slot 13 adapted to engage a spring-pressedbolt 14 by which the closure is held normally closed but adapted to bereadily opened when access to the box is required.

Within, the box is provided along its sides with tongues or ribs 15adjacent the top of the chamber formed in said box, and a brass 16 isprovided having grooves 17 formed therein proportioned andpositionedalong Copies of thispatent maybe obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents;

its edges to fit upon the tongues 15 to hold such brass in position inthe top of the box and to prevent its displacement therefrom under anyextraordinary or accidental conditions. To prevent the withdrawal of theforass from the'box a screw 18 is inserted through the side wall of saidbox into the path of movement of the brass and provided with a jam nut19 which holds such screw in position. Heretofore similar screws havebeen inserted through the top of the box with their lower end passingover the front end of the brass; but I find that when the brass wears,the tip of the screw frequently scores or scratches the journal, orbreaks or bonds so that it is diflicult of removal. By

passing the screw through the side of the box its inner end or tipoverlies the brass where the latter is thick and not subject to wear.The screw may have a head or nick .8 at its outer end, or any equivalentmeans for turning it. The jam nut is an advantage but not a necessity,though I prefer its use to prevent loss of the screw.

I claim:

A car journal box having an opening in its front, a closure for suchopening, a brass within the box, tongue-andgroove connections betweenthe sides of the box and edges of the brass, a screw passing reinovablyinward througn one side wall and one tongue of the box with its tipextending, partway across and standing in front of the brass,

and a jam nut on the screw outside the box.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature n presence oftwo witnesses. I

THOMAS BUNCH. Witnesses B. P. VVOODARD, J OHN Z. HARRIS.

Washington, D. "0.

